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I read that Law Society chief executive Desmond Hudson sees the changes in low-value RTA litigation as ‘serious.’ He notes ‘all the spurious talk about fraudulent claims’.
I can see his point but, having defended fraudulent insurance claims for the past 16 years, I can assure him that the continuing fraud pandemic is anything but spurious. We can argue about how to address this, but it was inevitable that change would result.
A couple of weeks ago I went along to an excellent debate on damages-based agreements chaired by Michael Napier QC, and hosted by Harbour Litigation Funding and Expedite Resolution.
One of the main points that came across was the extent to which the shoddy drafting of the DBA Regulations is deterring firms from wanting to try them (see April’s Litigation Funding magazine for more detail).
by Jo Shaw, executive director of Rosa, the UK women’s fund
Last November, the new president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, gave a lecture entitled: ‘No Judgment, No Justice’.
Personal injury solicitors will have to ditch ‘100% compensation’ offers if they want to run a profitable business in future, the Law Society’s chief executive Desmond Hudson told members today.
In an address to members yesterday, Hudson said he was ‘angry’ the government had ignored pleas not to significantly reduce fixed costs for RTA work.
Last week the justice secretary Chris Grayling confirmed that fees for low-value claims will be capped at £500, a reduction of £700, from the end of April. The High Court judged the decision lawful in a legal challenge from claimant groups.
My father – in my mind because, aged 93, he has just died – used to take me to rugby internationals at Murrayfield in the 1960s. These were dominated by much kicking for positional advantage. Games were, depending on your point of vantage, fascinatingly tactical or grindingly boring. That experience prompts a pretty good metaphor for the report of the Bill of Rights Commission published just before Christmas.
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